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- 51 My Livestream Connects to Another Realm, and Donations Send Me Divine Artifacts 我的直播连异界，打赏直接送神器 My Livestream Connects to Another World, and Tips Send Divine Artifacts Straight to Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 I Handle Publicity in the Underworld 我在地府搞宣传 I Do Publicity Work in the Underworld —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 The Beloved Office Lady and Her Top-Tier Star Suitors 团宠女职员的顶流追妻团 The Top-Tier Star Pursuer Squad of the Office’s Beloved Girl 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: The Fat Guy Must Die 绝地求生之胖子必须死 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Living King of Hell of the Yin-Yang Realm 阴阳界活阎王 Evil spirits: “Hell is empty, and devils walk among us!” Unorthodox cultivators: “Compared to him, I’m just a rookie!” Righteous cultivators: “Who let him cultivate?!” Li Dao: “Ahem, let me clear things up. I did all those things... just kidding.” 196Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Everyone Else Transmigrates into a Book to Beat It, but I Only Want to Die 别人穿书求通关，我穿书一心求死 [Unhinged comedy, fun and games, System, endless transmigration into books, seeking death, the Myriad Worlds] The moment the damn System dragged him into a book, Qin Feng nearly broke down. He’d just bought a lottery ticket and won the jackpot: a hundred million! What? He had to finish the plot and clear the book to return to the real world? Otherwise, he’d be sent into another book on the next round? Well, fine. No big deal. He could wait a few more days. Wait! Are you kidding me? It takes nine 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Heaven-Defying Asura Scroll 逆天修罗卷 “What? You’re saying I was reborn? Hahaha! I was reborn, I was reborn, hahaha! This time, I absolutely refuse to coast to victory. I’m going to win MVP.” “I have good news and bad news for you.” “Let’s hear it!” “The good news is that you were reborn. The bad news is that your save file was deleted.” “Uh... You’re messing with me! I’m the famous survival expert Bear Grylls Black. You can call me Little Blackie. I come from a lower plane of the Extreme Region, beneath the Gilded Immortal Domain, 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 Showbiz Comedy: Kid, Shut Up Already! 娱乐爆笑：儿砸，快闭嘴吧！ [System + Comedy + Lighthearted + No Female Lead] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ming becomes a seven-year-old boy. He also gets a dad-trapping System: the harder he traps his dad, the bigger the rewards. Faced with this bizarre System, Lu Ming has no choice but to go all out and trap his dad. Later, he and his father join the show Travel with Dad. Host: “Kids, what would you do if your dad got sick?” “I’d give Daddy a shot!” “I’d take Daddy’s temperature!” “I’d give Daddy his medi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 A Golden Core Fully Formed from the Start, and Now I Have to Survive the Supernatural? 开局金丹大成让我诡异求生？ [Comedy and Absurdity] + [Infinite Flow] + [Single Female Lead] A Golden Core cultivator has appeared in the eerie world? Eerie Fifty-Fifty: Have fun playing games, and keep smiling! Eerie Banana Guy: This is way too freewheeling! Han Xin, Top Player on the Chinese Server: Even a little drink won't help Han Xin recover from this. This guy is unbelievably awesome. Grandpa Niu from Turning-Over Garden: Are you cosplaying Louis XVI? Interesting. Three Spoons: No time to mourn Wang Qi. This guy is t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 A Jiang Cheng Fanfic: Wishing for a Lookalike 江澄同人文之望相似 I'm not very good at writing, so please go easy on me. The story begins anew after the original ending. This story retains some elements from the original while adding a few new sects. An original female lead and a new story. The sharp-tongued but softhearted uncle will eventually meet someone who dotes on him alone! They fall in love at first sight. One is awkward and refuses to admit it, while the other knowingly teases him and accidentally falls for real. They actually talk to each other. The 1.5kReads8.1Score115Shelves
- 61 Midnight Talks in the Maternity Ward 产房夜话 Midnight Talks in the Delivery Room 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Bottom of the Class in the Superhuman Era, I Awakened an Alien Battlesuit 高武垫底我激活异形战甲 Wu Wuzu of Jiangcheng No. 3 High School is a complete good-for-nothing, dead last in the entire school, with absurdly low combat power. His classmates laugh at him and bully him every day. By chance, he picks up an Ironclad Battle Armor System, but the System is a real pain: it never has enough energy, and he has to sing off-key to activate it! Nobody knows that his mother, who sells goods at a street stall, is no ordinary woman. She’s a peerless expert who has kept her true strength hidden exc 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World and Was Rescued by Bandits from the Start 穿越修仙界的我开局被劫匪救下了 There are a million goofy protagonists, Half of them are on Tomato Novel. But this protagonist's something else, He's even got an ending theme! Xiao Zhu died in a poorly finished novel that vanished along with its author's account, leaving behind nothing but the empty title of “Master of the Martial Way of Faith.” When he opened his eyes again, he had become a frail, unarmed boy in a cultivation world, surrounded by the ruins of a village slaughtered by monsters. The former master of the Martial 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 The Happy Life of a Chubby Guy in the Apocalypse 末世肥仔的幸福生活 A new story is here: the apocalypse, zombies, a System, and an overpowered protagonist. Fatty transmigrates to the post-apocalyptic world and uses the System’s features and his own wits. After working hard, he finally settles into a carefree, shamelessly leisurely life. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Led the Whole Sect in Reforming the Immortal Realm! 穿书后，我带全宗门整顿仙界！ [Absurd Humor + Unconventional Cultivation + Transmigrate into a Book + Romance + Light Ensemble Cast + Happy Ending] Zhou Yan transmigrates into the book she wrote herself. She expects to return to the spotlight as the heroine, but instead, a junior sister suddenly appears from the start and turns her into a universally disliked NPC. Just because she doesn't step aside for her junior sister, her usually mild-mannered and gracious senior brothers beat her up and threaten her, while her master ba —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 The Silent Battlefield Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 婆媳没有硝烟的战场 The conflict between Lin Xiao and her mother-in-law, Zhang Cuilan, keeps escalating. Then Lin Xiao undergoes a dramatic transformation, becoming independent and self-reliant. She lives life on her own terms and rewrites her future, until the road ahead finally opens up... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Journey to the West: A Nonsensical Scripture 西游：无厘头经 A fresh concept, an imagination that runs wild, and nonstop laughs Absurd Journey to the West: Every Trial Is a Chinese Idiom or Riddle This Journey to the West Is Packed with Jokes: One Riddle for Every Trial Journey to the West Has Gone Crazy, Beating Demons with Comedy Alone The Buddha Has Lost It! He Wants to Replace the Sutras with Nonsense First Trial: The Expectant Chicken, Mistaking a Chicken Feather for an Imperial Decree From the start, the first trial is already outrageous: make a chi 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Technology Brings a Little Shock to the Cultivation World 科技给修仙界带来亿点点震惊 [What Even Is Fantasy?] + [Wild Imagination] + [Absurdist Humor] + [I’m Done Pretending. Here’s the Truth: I’m Just Here to Make You Laugh to Death] Xia Fan, a hardcore shut-in from the future, gets by on games and anime. Then one day, he transmigrates to a parallel world of cultivation! He thought he’d get the power fantasy of cultivating with one hand and taking disciples with the other. Instead, he transmigrated into the body of “Xia Erdan” and discovered he couldn’t cultivate at all! Just 170Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 You Have to Believe in Science! I'll Handle This Zombie 要相信科学啊！这个僵尸我来 A scheming male lead, interactions with multiple heroines, outrageous face-slapping antics, absurd comedy, sudden wealth blended with metaphysics, a System, sneaky tricks, a charlatan, defying fate to borrow others’ luck, and nonstop ridiculous humor. “Master Jiang, you predicted my wife was cheating, but you couldn’t predict you’d break your leg today, could you?” The male lead draws a talisman with lipstick and sticks it to her forehead. “I’ll seal your spiritual senses for three days. Chargin 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 I Faked Illness by Coughing Up Blood, Yet Slaughtered a Hundred Thousand Xiongnu 我咳血装病，却杀穿了十万匈奴 Modern special forces soldier Lin Mo opens his eyes and finds himself the frail heir to the Lin family's marquis estate. His elder brothers have all died on the battlefield, the family is teetering on the brink, and countless wolves lurk in the shadows, eager to devour him, this "sickly weakling." "Keep up the act. You'd better make it convincing!" Lin Mo sneers. Coughing blood, he curses his enemies and their entire families in his head. By day, he can't even lift a chicken; at night, two cough 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 My Kindergarten Daughter Is Busy Looking for a Stepmom 幼儿园的女儿，忙着找后妈 The everyday life of “Tong Jincheng” in Shanghai as he raises a child at Love Apartment. Apartment 3601 welcomes all sorts of Douyin influencers, actresses, and familiar TV heroines... Familiar characters, familiar scenes, and that unmistakable vibe of a troublemaker! There’s a lot of setup early on. If that’s not your thing, you can start reading from Chapter 81, when he moves into Love Apartment. It won’t affect your enjoyment. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 A Deadly Trap Turned to Joy: The Ninth Suicide System 死局成欢：第九次殉情系统 [Historical romance, 1v2, comedy, sexually inexperienced male lead] He Su fails her mission on her very first trip down the mountain and is killed by her enemy. She lures him close, too, then plunges a knife into his heart. The two of them are trapped in a reincarnation System. In every life, they must wake up, marry, and consummate their marriage before they can break the marriage tribulation. [First Tribulation: Young Master of a Noble House × Donkey-Feeding Maid] He refuses to marry her —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 I Transmigrated as a Sister-Obsessed Brother and Unlocked Cheat Powers 穿越，身为扶弟魔的我开挂了 Alternate history + transmigration + comedy + absurdity + strong female lead. Synopsis: Ye Zhiyu smiles as radiantly as a mountain flower, putting her arms around the man who stands just below The Outcast and above everyone else. “Your Highness, Prince Zhao, you’re so powerful now. What kind of official post are you going to give me?” “I plan to make you Princess Consort of Zhao.” “Smack!” In a fit of rage, Ye Zhiyu gives the man in front of her a hard slap. “Have you lost your mind? I’m your si 124Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Daoist Friend, Your Fortune Is Meant for Me 道友，你的机缘与我有缘 Lin Yao, a modern-day office drone, gets hit by a car one day and transmigrates into an old-school cultivation romance full of angst. The good news: she rolls a Chaos Spiritual Root right off the bat. The bad news: it came from getting struck by lightning. The even worse news: the System ran off from the start… In this cultivation-novel world, where Qi Refining cultivators are as common as hairs, Foundation Establishment cultivators are everywhere, and Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators ar 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Cold-Faced Minister Can't Beat Me at Landlord 抢地主冷面权臣要不起 Ancient Chinese fantasy | hilarious and absurd | strong heroine with a secret identity | the hero's long road to winning back his wife | power struggles featuring intangible cultural heritage A game of mahjong turns into a four-kingdom showdown? The day Qing He awakens her birthmark, she hurls a stinky tofu nuclear bomb and blows up Western Jie’s perfume tank: “Four twos! This palace can’t afford your extravagant trends!” The icy-faced powerful official Lu Chenyuan’s sugar heart cracks, and pupp 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 The CEO Swept Through My Livestream and Insists on Marrying Me 霸总刷穿直播间，非要娶我 The CEO Swiped Through the Livestream and Insisted on Marrying Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 My Crazy Senior Sister Makes Her Junior Brothers and Sisters Bow to a Dog 小师姐发癫，让师弟师妹给狗磕头 [Transmigrate into a Book + System + Violent Heroine + Trickster + Unhinged + Comedy] Sang Qianqian was the undisputed boss of Xicheng’s farmers’ market. With a single butcher’s knife, she could take on every street punk in town. But she never expected that buying a dodgy cultivation novel would make her transmigrate into a book! She became the junior sister in this awful cultivation novel and got her hands on a heaven-defying secret manual, only to discover at the very end of her training that 35Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 78 After Coming Down the Mountain, The World of Flowers 下山后，的花花世界 Jiang Qi, who had been cultivating in seclusion on a mountain with his master, suffered a cultivation mishap and became a eunuch. To repair his body's deficiency, he descends the mountain to gain experience and insight into love. Because of his condition, he both longs for and avoids it, forming the central conflict of the story. Whenever his emotions fluctuate intensely, especially when he feels embarrassment, shame, smugness, or regret after intimate contact with a woman, or whenever he uses a 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 The Reborn General's Daughter Is Unbeatable 重生后将军府嫡女超级无敌了 A laugh-out-loud rebirth story with no angst, where the protagonist slaps people across the face at every turn. It is hilarious enough to keep you laughing nonstop and leave you in a great mood. (Rebirth + martial prowess + intelligence + household intrigue + revenge + feel-good story + political machinations) A little feel-good story to brighten your day, every day In her previous life, the General’s household was falsely accused of treason, and everyone in the family met a tragic end. Yet the 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 The Cheeky Little Thief Ran Away from Our Wedding, but Should the Son of a Billionaire Fear Anyone? 贱萌神偷逃婚我首富之子怕过谁 On his wedding day, in a suite at a five-star hotel, Lin Ye, who had transmigrated into this world, actually dismantles the toilet and crawls into the sewer to make a “toilet escape.” He leaves the entire stunned groomsmen’s party behind, along with his furious bride, Su Fei. This absurd runaway wedding instantly turns the “good-for-nothing young master of the Lin family” into a laughingstock among the elite. But no one knows that the good-for-nothing everyone once picked on has already become s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Stellar-Core Prodigy: The Bottom-Ranked Good-for-Nothing Becomes a Legend 星核天才：垫底废柴她居然封神了 [Absurd comedy + face-slapping + going off the rails + a cast of lunatics + unhinged banter] An unserious, face-slapping coming-of-age power fantasy. Whoever shows up, they're all complete weirdos to begin with~ Dead last in every subject, timid and easy to bully, Party Yehong is laughed at by everyone at the Mecha Academy. They call her a good-for-nothing dunce, a bottom-feeder who doesn't belong among the elite. No one knows that this seemingly helpless girl is the last descendant of an ancien 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Red Hare Rides Across the Starry Han: Lu Bu Cultivates Immortality and Forges a New Han 赤兔踏星汉：吕布修仙铸玄汉 Red Hare Treads the Starry Han: Lü Bu Cultivates Immortality and Forges a New Han 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 The Tyrant's Chronicle: Xiang Yu's Interstellar Empire 霸王本纪：项羽的星际霸业 The Chronicles of the Conqueror: Xiang Yu’s Interstellar Hegemony 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Chu's Spirit Guards the Stars: The Death of the Conqueror 楚魂镇星：霸王之死 The Soul of Chu Quells the Stars: The Death of the Conqueror —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Hilarious: Someone Please Keep Him in Check! I Can't Stop Laughing 爆笑：来个人管管他吧！笑不活了 Chu Jian. He transmigrated to a parallel world! He became the younger brother of superstar Yang Mi and was brought into the entertainment industry, but with nothing going for him but his looks, he hadn't gotten a single gig in six months. He earned only 3,000 yuan a month in base pay, which was less than he could make working in a factory... Just as he finally couldn't take it anymore and confronted Yang Mi, a sudden ding rang in his head. [Host detected. Livestream Challenge System binding begi 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Master of the Daoist Arts 道门高手 A funny, easy-to-follow story about catching ghosts and vanquishing demons in a modern city. My dad’s surname is Li, and my mom’s surname is Bai, so my name is Li Bai. By day, I wear a white lab coat and look impossibly handsome! By night, I wear a black suit and look devastatingly handsome! Do you believe in ghosts? You don’t, because you’ve never seen one. I do. Not only have I seen them, I’ve caught them! Two male leads: a slightly dim-witted second male le 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 How I Saved the World with Chili Peppers and Ice Water 用辣椒与冰水拯救世界这件事 [Comedy + No System] My name is Chen Kan'en, and my magical talent is Ice and Fire. Sounds pretty cool, right? But to activate it, I have to eat chili peppers to breathe fire and drink ice water to freeze things. My throat and stomach have never had a comfortable day since! Even worse, the academy dean who tested my talent was slacking off and somehow failed to discover its full form: eating chili peppers to breathe fire and drinking ice water to turn things to ice. I just wanted to be an honest 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 The Little Courtyard in Tongcheng: All My Tenants Are Powerful Figures from the Past 潼城小院：我家房客全是古代大佬 Lin Xiaoman is a laid-back young man who runs his family's ancestral inn, Tongcheng Courtyard, in Tongcheng, Sichuan. He discovers by chance that the old Chinese banyan in the backyard can “hook” famous figures from history who held powerful obsessions as they lay dying. They have to stay at the inn for a full year before they can return, once their obsessions have faded. Su Shi, who came hoping for a peaceful life, initially jumps at the spiciness of hot pot, only to become unable to resist twi 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Honkai: Star Rail: The Aeon of Elation Forces Me to Fall in Love from the Start 崩铁：开局被欢愉星神强制爱 [Scott + public humiliation + hilarious + wish fulfillment + power couple + workplace + subversive + interstellar + Path of Elation] “I, Scott, company hotshot and a shameless office schemer. My dream is to climb the ladder over other people's failures, not become a perpetual joke for some God of Amusement!” All because I glanced at a complaint letter one time too many, Aha, the Aeon of Elation, began pursuing me in a campaign of public humiliation on a universal scale. The lights flashed love p 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 The County Magistrate's Daughter Ascends to the Heavens 县令小姐登天记 [Lighthearted + humorous + System + transmigration + romantic love + wild imagination] This is a story about two people who love each other. It begins with a misunderstanding and ends with them staying together. Three transmigrations across three lifetimes, all for a lifetime by your side. 108Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 91 Bound to the Anti-Public-Intellectual System: Stirring Up Trouble in Eagle Sauce 绑定反公知系统：在鹰酱搞事情 Zhang Fang was a programmer with a decent income. Then he woke up one day to find he had transmigrated to “Eagle Sauce” and become Jack, a white tax officer. He had hoped to use his new identity to lie flat and enjoy a comfortable life, but it turned out that a job at the tax bureau was no bed of roses. He was unexpectedly dragged into a dangerous tax investigation and forced to deal with gangsters, corrupt officials, and a tangled web of tax scandals. Just as he was overwhelmed, a bizarre Syste 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 When a Ghost Meets a Dog: What Are You Looking At? 当鬼遇上狗：你瞅啥？ My life has been full of misfortune, so I’ve never believed in fate. It was all thanks to toxic feel-good slogans that I found the courage to keep living. As I struggled against fate, I discovered that the only way to protect myself was to do things even I couldn’t understand. As long as fate is left utterly baffled, I have a chance to survive. If fate won’t let me be human, fine. I can always become a ghost. If fate won’t let me be a ghost, fine. I can always become a dog. If I’m human, I’m bol 553Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 93 I'm a Spider Now. Is It Really So Wrong to Set Up a Honey Trap? 都成蜘蛛了，玩个仙人跳合理吧？ [Monster cultivation + no simping + play the pig to eat the tiger + lighthearted comedy + a touch of harem + multiple heroines] This book is also known as: Monster Cultivation: Starting with a Backstab Against an Immortal Maiden Qu Yiren transmigrated into a spider demon, only to suffer the further misfortune of being born male. His mother favored girls over boys, his elder sister was a lunatic with a rebellious streak, and his four younger sisters were still crying to be fed. Then there were hi 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The God of Laughter's Comeback: A Pact of a Thousand Wishes 笑神的逆袭，千愿之约 “Help! Where are my imperial robes and jade tablet? Why have they all turned into these pink frilly things!” At dawn, the Jade Emperor's distraught roar rang out through the girls' dormitory. He had spent the previous night reviewing memorials in the Hall of Miraculous Mists. After waking up, he found himself in the body of a frail female student. “Xiaoshen! Did you fall in the toilet or something? Come out already, or I'm seriously going to wet myself!” Outside the bathroom door, Xu Jiaojiao's 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Damage Reversal System: Even Drinking Pesticide Makes Me Stronger 伤害反转系统，喝敌敌畏都能变强 [Lighthearted comedy + subverting expectations + unconventional power fantasy + slice of life early on + mischief] Su Ming transmigrates to a high-martial-arts world and awakens the God-Tier Damage Reversal System! Whenever he takes damage, he gains a corresponding boost! [Ding!] [Detected Host bitten by a mosquito: skin thickness +0.1, skin toughness +0.1, vitality +0.01...] [Detected Host inhaling a ton of secondhand smoke: lung health +5, bronchial health +4, inner energy +10...] [Detected Ho 82Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 96 Playing the Rogue in Ancient Times 回到古代当无赖 Content: Updated punctually every day before 1 a.m. An ordinary man from the bottom rungs of modern urban society, the shameless male lead has a sharp mind but no scruples. He accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world in ancient times. Armed with a modern outlook, a thick skin, and a little cleverness, he navigates the competing powers of the era while crossing paths with two heroines who have completely different personalities but are both formidable fighters. Through a string of cons, sch 433Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 97 Dude, Are You Collecting Historical Figures? 不是哥们，你收集古人啊 [Meme humor]+ [Laugh-out-loud comedy]+ [Three Kingdoms]+ [Water Margin]+ [Unhinged]+ [Awkward singing]+ [Workhorse] This is a funny transmigration story about a workhorse, a slacker, and a monkey. They first transmigrate to the Three Kingdoms era and collect its heroes, only to discover that the heroes they’ve collected are supposed to play Honor of Kings for their master! Later, the chief hall master who got in through the back door usurps the throne, and the three of them end up in the Water M 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Hilarious Everyday Life in the Maternity Ward 产科爆笑日常 [A gentle, reserved nurse with a strong heart x a straight-talking young man with little education, struggling to make something of himself] [Modern Romance + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + Realistic + Happy Ending] Liu Xiaoxiao wasn’t ready to date and had no plans to marry. But she couldn’t resist her mother’s insistence and was dragged into a blind date. As it turned out, her date had been forced to come too, and they became best friends over the course of one meal. What she d 300Reads8.0Score102Shelves
- 99 A Park Encounter: The Overbearing CEO Insists on Marrying Me 公园奇遇：霸道总裁非我不娶 A Chance Encounter in the Park: The Overbearing CEO Won’t Marry Anyone but Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 A Sequel to Ghostly Laughter, Life Forgotten: Nuwa Creates Humanity and the Gods Sing the Song of Creation 幽冥笑忘生外传：女娲造人与诸神的创世长歌 Beyond A Laughing Life in the Netherworld: Nüwa Creates Humanity in an Epic Song of Creation 2Reads—Score—Shelves
